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...Christians, the hot spot this Sunday was Trinity Church, Boston. Dozens of the Harv-peeps made their appearances in Copley. From slick pin-stripped undergrads to lavender-draped Fine Arts profs, the holy space was crawling with the bee-like insects (what do you call them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: dear dr. know | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...director, concedes that the image of GeoCities as a high-traffic, low-value enterprise is the "initial perception about building your brand in a self-publishing environment." But he counters that argument by pointing out that "there's a user passion that you don't get at slick, professionally produced sites. And it's reflected in a much better click-through rate." He claims that 4 percent of visitors click through ads on GeoCities' pages, as opposed to the industry standard 1 percent. "Top national advertisers are less concerned with the quality of the material than the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Hour Works for GeoCities | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...Santos islands like a rag doll tossed into a washing machine. Then he got another chance. He spotted a second wave, even bigger than the first, and paddled straight for it. As he reached the crest, Knox smoothly swiveled, stood up on his board and started sliding down a slick expanse of water as steep as a cliff. Somehow he stayed in control, even though he flew 6 or 7 ft. through the air so that, for a split second, he was free-falling. Exclaimed Knox, who's from Carlsbad, Calif.: "It was like the best roller-coaster ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Winter Of Giant Waves | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...brutal world of Hollywood glam and corrupt police in `50s Los Angeles with all its gradations of questionable ethics. Guy Pearce and Russel Crow turn in fine performances that give us two different approaches to policing, thinking first and hitting later, or vice versa. A reptilian James Cromwell and slick Kevin Spacey round out a fine cast and a finer tale. Could this be an Oscar contender? I'm not a betting man. Nicolas R. Rapold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...still pulling the strings. Says he: "Erhard is like the Cheshire Cat. He has gone away, but the smile is there, hanging over everything." Rosenberg says his brother is not and never has been involved in Landmark. Steven Pressman, author of a scathing 1993 biography of Erhard, calls that slick corporate maneuvering: "They've gotten out of the yoke of Werner because he became their worst p.r. man. But it's one of the greatest success stories in mass marketing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of Est? | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

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